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A005846 Primes of form n^2 + n + 41.
(Formerly M5273)
40
41, 43, 47, 53, 61, 71, 83, 97, 113, 131, 151, 173, 197, 223, 251, 281, 313, 347, 383, 421, 461, 503, 547, 593, 641, 691, 743, 797, 853, 911, 971, 1033, 1097, 1163, 1231, 1301, 1373, 1447, 1523, 1601, 1847, 1933, 2111, 2203, 2297, 2393, 2591, 2693, 2797 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Note that 41 is the largest of Euler's Lucky numbers (A014556). - Lekraj Beedassy (blekraj(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 22 2004

a(n)=A117530(13,n) for n<=13: a(1)=A117530(13,1)=A014556(6)=41, A117531(13)=13. - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Mar 26 2006

The g.f. -(41-80*z+41*z**2)/(z-1)**3 conjectured by S. Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation is wrong.

The link to E. Wegrzynowski contents the following false statement: "It is possible to find a polynomial of the form n^2 + n + B that gives prime numbers for n = 0...A, A being any number." It is known that the maximum is A = 39 for B = 41. - Luis Rodriguez (luiroto(AT)yahoo.com), Jun 22 2008

Contrary to the last comment, Mollin's Theorem 2.1 shows that any A is possible if the Prime k-tuples Conjecture is assumed. [From T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Aug 31 2009]

REFERENCES

R. A. Mollin, Prime producing quadratics, Amer. Math. Monthly 104 (1997), 529-544. [From T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Aug 31 2009]

P. Ribenboim, The Book of Prime Number Records. Springer-Verlag, NY, 2nd ed., 1989, p. 137.

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

LINKS

Zak Seidov, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000.

Phil Carmody, Drag Racing Prime Numbers! [from Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jul 24 2011]

S. Plouffe, Approximations de S\'{e}ries G\'{e}n\'{e}ratrices et Quelques Conjectures, Dissertation, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.

S. Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions and Conjectures, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.

E. Wegrzynowski, Les formules simples qui donnent des nombres premiers en grande quantite

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Prime-Generating Polynomial

FORMULA

a(n) =A056561(n)^2+A056561(n)+41

EXAMPLE

a(39)=1601=39^2+39+41 is in the sequence because it is prime. 1681=40^2+40+41 is not because 1681=41*41.

MATHEMATICA

Select[Table[n^2 + n + 41, {n, 0, 59}], PrimeQ] (* Alonso del Arte, Dec 08 2011 *)

PROG

(PARI) for(n=1, 1e3, if(isprime(k=n^2+n+41), print1(k", "))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 25 2011

(Haskell)

a005846 n = a005846_list !! (n-1)

a005846_list = filter ((== 1) . a010051) a202018_list

-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 09 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A048988, A007634, A056561, A002378, A007635.

Intersection of A000040 and A202018; A010051.

Sequence in context: A054057 A155884 A202018 * A154498 A062669 A045710

Adjacent sequences:  A005843 A005844 A005845 * A005847 A005848 A005849

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Jun 26 2000

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